HOW: animals can become infected when grazing in pastures/drinking contaminated watereating undercooked meat from infected animalstapeworm eggs are passed with bowel movements

FUN FACT: Besides from sitting inside the intestines of dogs, cats, and humans, they also live inside sharks. Studies have shown that these tapeworms had 278~455 times higher levels of the toxic metals and lead inside their little bodies than the sharks did.

Symptoms:nauseadiarrheaabdominal painhunger or loss of appetitefatigueweight lossvitamin and mineral deficienciesRare casesblocking the intestinedamage the liver, eyes, heart, and brain Onchocerca Volvulus WHAT: A roundworm that causes onchocerciasis (a.k.a. river blindness)World’s second leading infectious cause of blindness

HOW: Roundworms are transmitted through repeated bites by blackflies

River Blindness: blindness/vision impairmentskin disease (nodules under the skin; itching)

Adults can live up to 15 years, spreading throughout the bodyWhen they die, they cause...intense itching a strong immune system response that can destroy nearby tissue (such as the eye which causes the blindness) WHAT: Filariae are roundworms

The male and female worms together form “nests” in the human lymphatic system, and occupy lymphatic system, including the lymph nodes.

Lymphatic Filariasis:painful profoundly disfiguring diseaseusually acquired in childhoodvisible manifestations occur later in life

Can also lead to:temporary/permanent disabilitygenital diseaselymphatic damagekidney damage WHAT: rod-shapedcan survive in harsh conditions like the acid and bile of the stomach/intestinenatural preservative in yogurtassociated with cavities and tooth decaymost widely studied probiotic

FUN FACT: May used to reduce anxiety. In one stuy, mice that were fed L. rhamnosus had less anxiety and had different levels of a brain-chemical sensor and stress hormone.

Used to:prevent rotavirus diarrheareduce the risk of respiratory tract infection in childrenassist digestion in the intestinal tractassist the immune system to combat pathogensreduce the inflammatory response to dairy products in lactose-intolerant people who consume milkdecrease expression of allergy reactions in milk-hypersensitive subjects and increases antibody responses to harmful bacteria WHAT: a tropical strain of yeastextracted from lycheemaintains and restores the natural flora in the large and small intestinecontrols/reduces the symptoms of many different kinds of diarrhea WHAT: prevents the colonization of pathogenic bacteria by: competing with the pathogens for binding sites and nutrients

makes the immune system better and more efficientinduces the production of low levels of antibodies

Dairy industryhelp in the development of the flavor of the cheeseused as cheese starter culturespreventing the spoilage of dairy products

Acne treatmentinhibits the growth of a bacteria known as Propionibacterium acnes General Info General Info Relevance to Gulp "Parasites bore all over the place...some are equipped with a boring tooth, like a drill bit installed on the top of the head" (173). Works Cited Allday, Erin. "100 Trillion Good Bacteria Call Human Body Home." SFGate. Hearst Communications Inc., 5 July 2012. Web. 29 May 2013.

"What Is Acidophilus?" WiseGEEK. Conjecture Corporation, n.d. Web. 29 May 2013. FUN FACT: The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies parasites as among the six most dangerous diseases that infect humans. Parasites outrank cancer as the number one global killer.

90% of humans will have a problem with parasites in their lifetime

often mobileeat the host’s cells directly or drain the nutrients directly from the host’s tissuessecrete their fecal wastes throughout the host’s bodyreproduce by depositing thousands of eggs, or by cell division

Most happen in warm climates (Southeast Asia or other tropic or sub-tropic parts of the world)

Easy to contract from food, water, animals, humans, and the air FUN FACT: The human body contains about 100 trillion cells, but only maybe one in 10 of those cells is actually — human. The rest are from bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms--up to five pounds of the tiny single-celled organisms. Together, all of the bacteria in the body would be the size of a large liver.